PVT Richard Vincent "Dick" Rafferty

1925 - 1989  (63 years)

• Name	Richard Vincent "Dick" Rafferty
  Prefix	PVT
  Birth	30 Dec 1925	Richland, Carroll, IA
  	Iowa, U.S., Birth Records, 1856-1944 Name: Richard Vincent Rafferty Gender: Male Birth Date: 30 Dec 1925 Birth Place: Richland, Carroll, Iowa, USA Legitimacy: Y Father: Floyd V Rafferty Mother: Loretta Kult Certificate Number: 210
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Apr 1989	Omaha, Douglas, NE
  	Funeral services for Richard V. RAFFERTY, 63, of Coon Rapids will be Monday, April 10, at 2 p.m. at the Annunciation Church in Coon Rapids. The Rev. Robert Fangman will officiate at the services. Mr. Rafferty died Thursday, April 6, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Omaha, Neb. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Sunday at the Ohde Funeral Home in Coon Rapids. Rosaries at the funeral home will be Sunday at 3 p.m. An evening prayer service will be held at 8 p.m., followed by a rosary. Burial will be in Annunciation Cemetery with military honors. Survivors include his wife of Coon Rapids; his mother of Coon Rapids; four sons; seven grandchildren; two sisters, and one brother. He was preceded in death by his father, Floyd RAFFERTY. Mr. RAFFERTY was born on Dec. 30, 1925, near Coon Rapids, the son of Floyd and Loretta (KULT) RAFFERTY. In 1943, he graduated from Coon Rapids High School. He served in U.S. Army Air Corps as gunner in India and China during World War II. On Aug. 27, 1946, he married Geraldine DUNCAN, and they made their home in Coon Rapids, where he was employed by Garst and Thomas Seed Corn Co. At one time, he also owned and operated a hardware store in Manning and ran the Lyric theater in Coon Rapids with his father. He was a member of Annunciation Parish and the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Times Herald, Carroll, la., Friday, April 7,1989
  Burial	Coon Rapids, Carroll, IA
  	Richard Vincent "Dick" Rafferty BIRTH 30 Dec 1925 Coon Rapids, Carroll County, Iowa, USA DEATH 6 Apr 1989 (aged 63) Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA BURIAL Coon Rapids Cemetery Coon Rapids, Carroll County, Iowa, USA PLOT Row 9, Section D U.S., Armed Forces Grave Registrations, 1835-1998 Name: Richard Vincent Rafferty Age: 63 Birth Date: 30 Dec 1925 Birth Place: Coon Rapids, Iowa Death Date: 6 Apr 1989 Death Place: Omaha, Douglas
  Person ID	I27650	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2021

  
  

  Family	Geraldine "Jerri" Marie Duncan,   b. 10 Nov 1927, IA d. 22 Jan 2019, Carroll, Carroll, IA (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	27 Aug 1946	Coon Rapids, IA
  Children	1. Tom Rafferty   2. Ron Rafferty   3. Rick Rafferty   4. Scott Rafferty
  Family ID	F16379	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2019

  
  

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  Death - 6 Apr 1989 - Omaha, Douglas, NE Burial - - Coon Rapids, Carroll, IA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 Name: Richard V Rafferty Gender: Male Race: White Age: 20 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Date: 20 Dec 1925 Birth Place: Coon Rapids, Iowa Residence Place: Coon Rapids, Carroll, Iowa, USA Registration Date: 21 Dec 1945 Registration Place: Iowa, USA Employer: Discharge From U S Army Height: 5 7 Weight: 141 Complexion: Light Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown Next of Kin: Floyd Rafferty Household Members Relationship Richard V Rafferty Self (Head) Richard V Rafferty in the Iowa, U.S., World War II Bonus Case Files, 1947-1954 Name: Richard V Rafferty Birth Date: 30 Dec 1925 Birth Place: Coon Rapids, Iowa Application Date: 10 May 1949 Application Place: Coon Rapids, Iowa, USA U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Name: Richard V Rafferty Race: White Marital status: Single, without dependents (Single) Rank: Private Birth Year: 1925 Nativity State or Country: Iowa Citizenship: Citizen Education: 4 years of high school Civil Occupation: Skilled motion picture projectionists Enlistment Date: 13 Jan 1944 Enlistment Place: Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa Service Number: 17181967 Branch: Air Corps Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status) Source: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer Height: 00 Weight: 000